Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who inaugurated the chanting
of śrī harināma-saṅkīrtana, instructs the devotees, also, to
perform saṅkīrtana of the mahā-mantra.
Śrī Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya says:
viṣaṇṇa-cittān kali-ghora-bhītān
saṁvīkṣya gauro hari-nāma-mantram
svayaṁ dadau bhakta-janān samādiśat
saṅkīrtayadhvaṁ nanu nṛtya-vādyaiḥ
Upon seeing the unhappy and fearful living entities
of this age of Kali, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of
His causeless compassion, mercifully distributed the
mahā-mantra as charity and instructed the devotees:
O devotees, you should collectively perform saṅkīrtana
by singing and dancing with musical instruments.
harer nāma-prasādena nistaret pātakī janaḥ
upadeṣṭā svayaṁ kṛṣṇa caitanyo jagad-īśvaraḥ
of śrī harināma-saṅkīrtana, instructs the devotees, also, to
perform saṅkīrtana of the mahā-mantra.
Śrī Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya says:
viṣaṇṇa-cittān kali-ghora-bhītān
saṁvīkṣya gauro hari-nāma-mantram
svayaṁ dadau bhakta-janān samādiśat
saṅkīrtayadhvaṁ nanu nṛtya-vādyaiḥ
Upon seeing the unhappy and fearful living entities
of this age of Kali, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of
His causeless compassion, mercifully distributed the
mahā-mantra as charity and instructed the devotees:
O devotees, you should collectively perform saṅkīrtana
by singing and dancing with musical instruments.
harer nāma-prasādena nistaret pātakī janaḥ
upadeṣṭā svayaṁ kṛṣṇa caitanyo jagad-īśvaraḥ